On the eve of a meeting of a special committee investigating Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s personnel practices, the state Senate minority leader said yesterday that a former Maryland Democratic Party operative may be the elusive MD4BUSH, and may have colluded with a journalist to post Internet messages...

Democratic lawmakers reviewing Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s personnel practices said yesterday that they want to hear more from Joseph F. Steffen Jr., the former Ehrlich aide who said last weekend he was instructed by top administration officials to target low-level state employees for firing....